Volunteer Opportunities From: Volunteer Peninsula

Your help provides hope. Food donations help maintain our inventory to ensure that we are able to serve our community when unexpected hardships occur for families, seniors, individuals and veterans.

Through YouGiveGoods and on-line retailers such as Amazon, Walmart, Costco, etc. you can host a virtual food drive or ship items directly to our doors at 2401 Aluminum Avenue, Hampton, VA 23661. As always you can drop items off at our location on the side of the building.

We have put together a list of our most needed items for your shopping convenience. 

Canned Tuna, Chicken or Ham Pasta Meals Pasta and Sauces Canned Fruits or Vegetables Hearty Meaty Soups Cereal, Breakfast Bars, Oatmeal Rice Boxes and Instant Potatoes Peanut Butter and Jelly

Please also consider raising funds to help purchase fresh produce, meats, dairy and non-perishable food items. For every dollar donated, the Foodbank can provide almost three meals.  To setup a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign, please visit www.justgiving.com/virginiapeninsulafoodbank.  JustGiving is an online platform that allows you to easily create a page, personalize it, share it, and keep track of donations. 

If you would like to get started on helping families with the gift of a meal at your place of work, church, school, with your civic group, at a local event, or within your neighborhood, please contact Christina at cbosco@hrfoodbank.org

Thank you for bringing meals to the table!

Volunteers play an integral role in helping the Foodbank fulfill its mission to minimize hunger across the greater Peninsula.  Volunteers are needed at the Foodbank's facility to:

- help sort and inspect non-perishable food items

- stock the shelves with non-perishable food items

- pack bags of non-perishable food items for several of the Foodbank's outreach programs

CSFP - This program is for our low income seniors 60 and above.  We currently distribute about 1,100 boxes each month to seniors in our service area through our mobile pantries.  Each boxed is filled with shelf stable items than help make sure our seniors have enough food to get through each month.

 

USDA/TEFAP - This program is for low income households of any age.  We currently distribute about 3,000 bags each month to families, seniors and veterans in our service area through our mobile pantries.  Each bag is filled with shelf stable items than help make sure people in need have enough food to get through each month.

 

Food for Kids BackPack - We partner with elementary schools in our service area to provide much needed food to children in low-income homes.  This program helps bridge the hunger gap over weekends and holidays.  We currently distribute 1800 bags per week for 30 weeks of the school year.

Individuals and groups are welcomed.

The warehouse is not temperature controlled.  Standing, and some minimal lifting required. 

Age Requirement: 12 years old with an adults, 15 and above can volunteer on their own.

Closed toed shoes required.

If you would like to become on of our valued volunteers, please email Megan Grigorian at mgrigorian@hrfoodbank.org to setup an appointment to get you started, or visit www.hrfoodbank.org/volunteer/ and click on the Volunteer Hub link. 

Thank you for sharing your time and talents.